Can you paste the contents of install.py here then add the link to your answer?
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dv3500eaDec 29 '10 at 0:15

here is the link: paste.ubuntu.com/548395 does that violate any copyright? I will presume not since it is just an install script.
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AbeDec 29 '10 at 0:29

The use of RPMs looks pretty hard coded and this installer script seems to call several other installer scripts so there doesn't seem to be an easy way to edit the installer script to make it work. Maybe someone else will know what to do if you wait a while. You could also try asking on their forums. From here it looks like their enterprise version doesn't work on Ubuntu but the community version does. You could also try R from the repos.
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dv3500eaDec 29 '10 at 1:39

@dv3500ea thanks for looking in to that. i have long had r-core installed, but I was hoping to get the Enterprise version working. I have installed the community version using apt-get install revolution-r, but hope to get the enterprise version going too.
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AbeDec 29 '10 at 1:53

Revolution R Enterprise is officially supported (only) on RedHat; but RevolutionR (the company) has also tested and found no no issues, on CentOS, which is freely available and 100% compatible with Redhat. Furthermore, Revolution R Enterprise will install on any distro with rpm; there is evidence of success with Fedora.

I learned as much myself, but thank you for providing the well-referenced answer. Hopefully someone will figure this one out, but for now I will see how CentOS works in a VM.
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AbeFeb 2 '12 at 16:26

Could you fill in the details about how the community edition works? (That link is dead.) I installed it, but nothing like Revo64 was installed, despite what the company's linux install doc says.
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Trevor AlexanderJun 4 '14 at 8:25

@TrevorAlexander I have updated the link, I have moved on from trying to accomplish install of the rpm on Ubuntu.
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DavidJun 4 '14 at 19:28